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The BBM app for iPhone has been updated with a simplified flow for attaching pictures, files and other content to BBM chats, upgrade notifications, and more.BBM brings you together in the moment with friends and family through instant chats, voice calls, picture sharing, voice notes and more.

Chat with friends on iPhone and other smartphones:
• BBM is always on and always connected – no app to open
• Know when messages have been delivered (D’s) and read (R’s)
• Say ‘hello’ with BBM Voice – free voice calling between BBM Contacts
• Quickly share photos, files, documents, voice notes and more
• Allow contacts to view your location live on a map, powered by Glympse
• See when contacts are responding to your message
• Emoticons for every mood and emotion let you express yourself

BBM lets you protect your privacy. You control it:
• You chose how to share your information – BBM uses PINs instead of phone numbers or email addresses so that it’s more private, and you always control who can contact you
• You chose your contacts – 2-way opt-in means you have control over who is able to message you

Chat and Share with many at once:
• Groups – BBM groups help you share pictures, lists, and appointments with group members. You can even be in a group with people who aren’t part of your own BBM contact list.
• Multi-person chats – Invite multiple contacts to have a chat together.
• Broadcast messages – Send a message to multiple BBM contacts at one time.

BBM Channels: Join conversations happening now about the things you love.
• Create a new channel to share your thoughts, ideas and passions.
• Subscribe to an existing BBM channel to join chats with others who share your interests.

Create your own BBM profile:
• Post a profile picture using images, pictures or even animated pictures (GIFs).
• Update your status to let people know what you’re up to or how you feel

What’s New In This Version:
– Simplified flow for attaching pictures, files and other content to BBM chats
– In app upgrade notifications helps users to download the latest version of BBM
– The ability for users to rate their call experience for BBM Voice calls
– Addresses a bug where users would receive repeated notifications for messages they’ve previously viewed

Plants vs. Zombies 2 has been updated to bring back the Vasebreaker mini-game with its own mode and smashing new power-ups.

Play the sequel to the hit action-strategy adventure with over 30 Game of the Year awards. Meet, greet and defeat legions of zombies from the dawn of time to the end of days. Amass an army of powerful plants, supercharge them with Plant Food and power up your defenses with amazing ways to protect your brain.

NEW PLANTS! NEW ZOMBIES!
Meet Bonk Choy, Lightning Reed and Laser Bean: Just a few of the powerful new plants that will defend your lawn through time. Go toe-to-missing-toe with dozens of new zombies including Swashbuckler Zombie, Chicken Wrangler Zombie and Jetpack Zombie.

AMAZING WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR BRAIN
Use Plant Food to supercharge your plants when you need it most. Use your fingers to freeze, flick and zap zombies off your lawn.

UNLOCK YOUR ZEN GARDEN
Battle zombies to win sprouts, then plant them in your very own Zen Garden. Tend to it carefully and be rewarded with extra BOOM in your blooms.

LOOK OUT! ZOMBIE CHICKENS!
Seriously.

NEW LEVELS OF EXCITEMENT
Battle the fun-dead across time and space and unlock ultra-challenging endless levels — Pyramid of Doom, Dead Man’s Booty, Big Bad Butte and Terror from Tomorrow.

THE FUN NEVER DIES
Collect coins to purchase potent power-ups. Survive and be rewarded with piles of prizes and achievements. And that’s just the beginning! The future holds many mysteries. Also, zombies. Lots and lots of zombies.

What’s New In This Version:
Vasebreaker is back! The #1 mini-game from Plants vs. Zombies returns by popular demand with its own mode, smashing new power-ups and features, including:

• Tap a vase to reveal hidden zombies with the X-Ray Vase power-up
• Crush zombies with the almighty power of butter when you release the Butterizer
• Move vases to empty tiles for quick plant-powered destruction with Vase Displacer
• Defeat wave after wave of zombies and keep your backyard safe in 3 unique levels and the challenging Endless Mode

These are instructions on how to set a custom SMS alert tone which will sound when your iPhone receives a text message.

To follow this tutorial you will need to have jailbroken your iPhone and installed OpenSSH. You can find instructions on how to jailbreak here and instructions on how to install OpenSSH here. Don’t forget to change your password!

Lets begin…

Step One
Locate a sound clip you would like to use as your SMS alert tone and drag it into your iTunes Music Library.

Step Two
Select Preferences from the iTunes Menu.

Step Three
Click the Import Settings button in the General Preferences Tab.

Step Four
Choose Import Using AIFF Encoder from the Import Settings popup window.

Step Five
Close the Preference windows and then Control+Click on the sound file you just added to iTunes. Select Create AIFF Version from the contextual menu.

Step Six
Notice a duplicate copy of your tone will appear in the iTunes Music Library. Drag this duplicate to your desktop.

Step Seven
The iPhone has slots for six incoming sms tones. They are named sms-received1.caf through sms-received6.caf. Select the file you just created on the desktop and rename it to one of these six possible filenames. For example, my tone was siren.aif and I renamed it to sms-received6.caf so it would occupy the sixth slot.

You may be asked to confirm the extension change. Click the use .caf button.

Step Nine
When Fugu opens you will be asked for the information required to SSH into your iPhone. In the Connect To field enter your iPhone’s IP Address. Input root as the Username then click the Connect button. If you do not know your iPhone’s IP Address you can find it using these instructions.

Step Ten
When prompted for a password, input the password you set for OpenSSH. If you haven’t set your own password then alpine is the default. Click the Authenticate button to continue.

Step Eleven
Click the Go To… icon on your toolbar.

Step Twelve
Input /System/Library/Audio/UISounds/ into the Go To field, make sure Remotely is selected, then click the Go button.

Step Thirteen
Locate the sms-received file you would like to replace in the right window pane. In this example I want to replace sms-received6.caf with my own sound file.

Right click or control+click the existing file and select Rename from its contextual menu.

Rename the file to something like this: sms-received6.caf.bak.

Step Fourteen
Navigate to the desktop using the left window pane and locate the .caf file we just created. Drag this file from the left pane into the right to copy it to your iPhone.

Step Fifteen
Now reboot your iPhone to let the changes take effect then launch Settings from the Springboard.

Step Sixteen
Press to select Sounds from the Settings menu.

Step Seventeen
Select New Text Message from the Sounds menu.

Step Eighteen
Now you can select your customized SMS alert tone from the list. Notice the names haven’t changed. The top selection is actually sms-received1.caf and the bottom is sms-received6.caf. So if you copied over a new sms-received6.caf you would select Electronic from the list.

These are instructions on how to connect and use a bluetooth keyboard with your iPhone. This tutorial will use the BTstack Keyboard utility by Matthias Ringwald.

Step One
Launch Cydia by tapping its icon on your Springboard.

Step Two
Press to select the Sections tab.

Step Three
Press to choose Networking from the list of Sections.

Step Four
Press to select BTstack Keyboard from the list of Packages.

Step Five
Press the Purchase button at the top right of the screen. BTstack Keyboard costs $5.00 and can be bought using Paypal or Amazon Payments. Once the payment has been processed press the button at the top right which has now been changed to Install.

Step Six
Press the Confirm button to begin installation.

Step Seven
Once the installation has successfully completed press the large Restart Springboard button.

Step Eight
You will notice a new icon on the Springboard called Keyboard. Press it to launch the app.

Step Nine
You will likely be notified that Apple’s Bluetooth is active. Only one Bluetooth Stack can be active at the same time. Since the keyboard will only work with the BTstack press the OK button to activate this stack.

Step Ten
The app will now search for your keyboard. You must make the keyboard discoverable in order for it to be located. On the Apple Wireless Keyboard you can hold down the power button until the led blinks repeatedly. For other keyboards, check the user manual.

Press to select the device you would like to pair.

Step Eleven
Once the device has been connected you will be prompted to enter a pin number using the keyboard then press ENTER.

Step Twelve
You will now be informed that you’re connected with the keyboard. You can use the text field provided to test it out or open any other application to begin typing.

Step Thirteen
Notice the Springboard icon will display an On badget when BTstack Keyboard is running. You can open the application and press the Disconnect button for your keyboard to end the connection.

These are instructions on how to customize your iPhone Lockscreen to display your calendar, mail, calls, sms, weather, twitter, todo, and more using LockInfo.

Step One
Press to launch Cydia from your Springboard.

Step Two
Press to choose Sections from the tabs at the bottom of the screen.

Step Three
Press to select Tweaks from the list of Sections.

Step Four
Tap to choose LockInfo from the list of Packages.

Step Five
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Step Six
Press the Confirm button at the top right to begin installation.

Step Seven
Once the installation has completed successfully press the large Respring Springboard button.

Step Eight
Notice that you now have some useful information on your Lockscreen! Lets try to customize it…

Step Nine
Press to select Settings from your Springboard.

Step Ten
Scroll down and select LockInfo from the Settings Menu.

Step Eleven
If you haven’t already purchased LockInfo you will be prompted to Buy Now or continue your trial. Press the appropriate button.

Step Twelve
At the top of the LockInfo Settings Menu you will see two switches. One places LockInfo on your lockscreen. The other places LockInfo on your Homescreen by inserting a page before your first Springboard page.

If you choose to add LockInfo to the homescreen then you must reboot your iPhone for the change to take effect.

We will deal with adding another plugin below. For now press Plugins then press Plugin Order. Here you can drag to set the order your information appears in.

From the Plugins Setting screen you can also select a plugin to modify its individual settings. For example, if you select Calendar you can enabled or disable it, choose which Calendars appear, set the days, max events shown, and change the view options.

Step Fourteen
Back in the LockInfo main settings screen you can enable or disable scrolling, choose to extend info to bottom, and block popups.

Step Fifteen
You can also choose to display a page indicator on the Homescreen.

Step Sixteen
When playing music or video a popup controller normally appears on your lockscreen. When this occurs you can have LockInfo do nothing, hide the LockInfo or move the LockInfo down. You also have a choice to overlay the album art as the lockscreen background.

Step Seventeen
The LockInfo is divided into different sections for each plugin. You have the option to enable or disable collapsible sections as well as the option to hide empty sections.

Step Eighteen
Finally you can set the transparency of the LockInfo and choose to apply the transparency to cells only.

INSTALLING A LOCKINFO PLUGIN
To install a lockinfo plugin follow these steps:

Step One
Press to launch Settings from your iPhone Springboard.

Step Two
Press to select LockInfo from your Settings menu.

Step Three
Press to choose Plugins from the LockInfo Settings menu.

Step Four
Press the Get More Plugins button from the Plugins Settings menu.

Step Five
Press to select the plugin you would like to install from the list of available plugins. For this example we will choose WeatherIcon.

Step Six
Cydia will automatically launch and open to the plugin package you just selected. Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Step Seven
Press the Confirm button at the top right to begin installation.

Step Eight
Once the installation has completed successfully you will notice that LockInfo has an extra section to display the new information.

Step Nine
The newly installed plugin can be configured in two areas. First you can go into Settings:LockInfo:Plugins and you will find your newly installed plugin listed.

Press to select it. From here you can choose to enabled or disable the plugin as well as modify some basic settings such as collapsed by default and hide description.

Step Ten
To access the detailed settings for your plugin press Settings from the Springboard then select the plugin name from the Settings menu.

From this window you have the ability to modify advanced settings for the plugin. If you installed the WeatherIcon plugin like us you can modify the icon’s settings, put the temperature on the status bar, change how often the weather is refreshed, show the wind chill temperature, use local time and even override the default location.

Of course the settings in this area will change depending on which plugin you have installed. Currently you can choose to install these additional plugins: Twitter, Clock, Appigo Todo, WeatherIcon, and Push Notifications (Beta).

Step Seven
Once the source has been successfully added, press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Eight
Press the Done button to exit Edit mode.

Step Nine
Press to select the BeYouriPhone repository from the list of sources.

Step Ten
Press to choose SIManager from the list of packages.

Step Eleven
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Step Twelve
Press the Confirm button to begin installation.

Step Thirteen
Once installation has completed successfully press the Return to Cydia button.

Step Fourteen
Press the Home button to return to your Springboard then tap the SIManager icon to launch the application.

Step Fifteen
Once the program has opened you can use the Setup button at the top left to enable Fast Read as well as set the SIM name format. ie Firstname/Lastname or Lastname/Firstname.

Step Sixteen
To read your contacts from the SIM card press the Read from SIM button at the bottom of the screen.

Once all the contacts have been loaded they will be displayed on the screen.

Step Seventeen
You can press to select a contact and choose to Modify, Delete, or Import it.

Step Eighteen
To add a contact to your SIM card you can press the + button at the bottom of the main screen.

Navigate through your contacts and select the one you would like to add.

Then select the specific number or press the Add all button if you would like to add all the contacts numbers. Press the SIManager button at the top left to return to the main screen.

You will notice that the contact has been added to the list and appears on a green background. This means that when you write to the SIM card this contact will be added.

Press the Write to SIM button at the bottom right to commit your changes to the SIM card. Notice when you are done the contact now appears on a black background similar to the other contacts in your list.

Step Nineteen
SIManager also allows you to copy all the contacts on your iPhone to the SIM card. Press the Gear icon at the bottom of the screen then press the large Copy iPhone to SIM button.

You will be asked to confirm this action. Press the OK button.

If you have more then 200 numbers you may be informed that the SIM is full. Press the large OK button.

To commit the changes to the SIM card press the Write to SIM button at the bottom of the screen.

Step Twenty
You can also use SIManager to empty your SIM card. Press the Gear icon at the bottom of the screen then press the Empty SIM button.

Press the OK button to confirm the action.

Notice all the numbers to be deleted have a red background. Press the Write to SIM button to commit the changes.